Sitting in the cockpit of Cachalot on my iPhone, this technology is hard to get used to.  Northeast rigging has put the mast

on deck.  I will have to tie it down better for transportation.   The house is almost empty but there are a million details to do before we fly out on Friday.  There is a nice breeze here at Savin Hill YC, I will miss sailing around the harbor islands.

Well I did it!!  I retired today.  That compleats my dream of "quit work - go sailing". It has been quite a week.  Earlier this week Sue and I packed the truck taking all our things and sent it on it's way to New Bern .  Now to clean the house and get it ready for the new owners.  I will start to pack the boat and finish my projects for our trip this summer.  This is the first blog that has been written on my smart phone.  I hope that it is OK.

Well it has been a very busy time lately.  We had graduation at the school where I work and then converted the school to it's summer mode of a day camp.  I have also been busy packing the house where Sue and I have lived for the last 40 years.  I retire this Friday and we move to New Bern NC the following Friday.  Home life has been very hectic and there has not been much extra time to write.
As I said before Mike finished redoing the bottom and I have been doing small things on the boat.  Two weeks ago the crew, Jeff, Rich and I had a meeting at Savin Hill Yacht Club  so that they could review the work that I have been doing and having done on Cachalot.  I think that I passed inspection!  I was told that throw-able PFD's are a necessary comfort device so I will be adding those items to the growing list of things to be purchased.  That week Northeast Rigging came and struck the mast.  They took all the standing rigging and are replacing it.  On inspection of the running rigging they found that most of it was OK as I have been replacing that by bits and pieces.  I have finished the arrangement for the boat to be shipped to Maryland.  Rich and Jeff have been looking into how to meet me in Annapolis, they will probably rent a car and drive down and fly from New Bern to Boston.
This past week the trailer arrive for me to pack. I have packed about 99% of the belongings that we are taking to New Bern.  So I guess that this move is going forward.  The house is sold and all of our stuff is packed.  After Friday I will have a little more time so I hope that I will be able to make posts more often.
Ed

It has been a busy week and weekend.  Mike has finished the bottom this week.  He found and repaired 5 very small blisters and one spot that the owner ( me ) did a poor job filling where there was a through hull transducer.

This weekend I had two very energetic young helpers.  We finished installing all new LED lighting in the cabin and also a inverter so that Rich can use his computer on board and we can charge cell phones.  Also we installed a red and white LED light in the cockpit.  Eric and I also installed a deck fitting for the holding tank pump out in the fore deck.  While we worked below deck Alyssa was hard at work topsides with Awlgrip products.  She washed the decks and cabin topsides, then washed the whole hull.  She finished with the Alwgrip sealer and polish on the sides.  I know I will have to wash her after transport but this will give me a good start.  I was a great day and we all got a start on our summer tans as well as getting a lot done.